Chapter 41 Wei Qing/The Greatest Vocal Music Educator

Wei Qing, a famous singer and vocal music educator in the Tang Dynasty. During the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty (766-769), one day, General Wei Qing of Jinwu sat in front of the window of the south gate mansion of Zhaoguofang drinking wine, and the street was outside the window.Suddenly, a burst of loud and clear singing reached his ears.He looked out of the window and saw an old man in ragged clothes and a woman in commoner clothes singing on the street, and it was the woman who sang. Wei Qing was a famous singer during Tang Xuanzong's time. He was originally a scholar, and because of his good singing, he was very popular with Tang Xuanzong.Later, the official became General Jin Wu. During the "Anshi Rebellion", he went to Guangling to avoid the chaos.One night, when the moon was shining brightly, he was playing with the moon by leaning on the railing in a restaurant by the river, and heard someone singing "Water Tune" in a small boat.After listening carefully, I couldn't help being shocked.He quickly ran to the river and called out to the boat: "Is the singer Yongxin?" The singing stopped, and someone in the boat asked: "Is General Wei Qing on the shore?" Wei Qing boarded the boat and saw singing on the boat. The person in question was indeed Xu Hezi (Yongxin), the most famous singer in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and they wept at each other.

After the "Anshi Rebellion" was put down, Wei Qing returned to Chang'an.The old musicians and bosom friends have disappeared, and the capital city has lost the prosperity of singing and dancing.He seldom sang for a long time, but today, this pure and loud singing moved him.He could tell that the singing woman had not received good music training and her singing was still immature, but she was born with a good voice and a very good feeling for music. She is a rare singing talent .Wei Qing couldn't help being refreshed, he walked out of the house quickly, came to the front of the singing father and daughter, pushed away the crowd, and invited the father and daughter to the house.

The woman who sang was named Zhang Honghong, and she was reluctant at first, but when she heard that he was the famous Wei Qing, she couldn't help being overjoyed.Wei Qing placed their father and daughter at home and taught Hong Hong to sing.Under Wei Qing's guidance, Hong Hong's skills improved rapidly.Hong Hong not only sings well, but also looks pretty, so Wei Qing takes her as a concubine. Once, a musician wrote a piece of music and asked Wei Qing to listen to it first. Wei Qing asked Hong Hong to hide behind the window and use Xiaodou to record the beat.After the musicians sang once, Wei Qing said to him: "You have already had this piece, and my female disciple can already sing it." So, let Honghong sing a song without any mistakes.Hong Hong said: "There is an unsteady sound in this piece, and I have corrected it." The musicians were shocked, and Hong Hong became famous because of it.

Later, even the emperor knew Hong Hong's name, so he called her into the palace and let her live in the Jiaofang Yichun Courtyard, where she was very much loved.The palace called her "Mistress Jiqu". One day, the internal history played, saying that Wei Qing had passed away.The emperor told Honghong, and Honghong said: "I was originally a singing girl who wandered in the world. Fortunately, I was taken in and educated by General Wei, and I am today. I dare not forget his kindness." She was so sad that she died of grief. , It is amazing.